Journal article
Blood pressure-lowering treatment for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation: An individual participant data meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Randomised evidence on the efficacy of blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of BP-lowering drugs in patients with and without AF at baseline.
METHODS AND FINDINGS: The study was based on the resource provided by the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration (BPLTTC), in which …
Authors
Pinho-Gomes A-C; Azevedo L; Copland E; Canoy D; Nazarzadeh M; Ramakrishnan R; Berge E; Sundström J; Kotecha D; Woodward M
Journal
PLOS Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 6,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1003599
ISSN
1549-1277